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List of software by Apple

This list of software by Apple covers software written by Apple Inc., organised by category.

Archiving, backup, restore, and recovery

Current

  • Archive Utility – built-in archive file handler[1][2]
  • Time Machine – built-in backup software[3][4]

Discontinued

  • Backup – built-in backup software,[5][6] discontinued in 2012 with MobileMe[7]

CD and DVD authoring

Discontinued

  • DVD Studio Pro – DVD authoring application,[8] the final update was in 2009 and was removed from Final Cut Studio in 2011[9]
  • iDVD – a basic DVD-authoring application,[10] last updated in 2010[11] and incompatible since macOS Catalina dropped 32-bit support in 2019[12] (previously part of the iLife suite)[13]

Audio-specific software

Current

  • GarageBand – an amateur-oriented digital audio workstation[14][15] (previously part of the iLife suite)[13]
  • Logic Pro – a digital audio workstation[16] (previously part of Logic Studio)
  • MainStage – music software for use in live performances[17]
  • Shazam

Discontinued

  • Logic Express – a prosumer music production,[18][19] discontinued in 2011[20]
  • Logic Studio – a music-writing studio package,[21] discontinued in 2011 in favour of Logic Pro X[22]
  • Apple Loops Utility – production and organisation of Apple Loops,[23] last updated in 2009 and has been discontinued, with its features integrated into Logic Pro[24]
  • Apple Qmaster – app for automated work distribution for audio-visual rendering[25] and part of both Final Cut Studio[26] and Logic Studio,[27] discontinued as a standalone app and integrated into Compressor.[28] Incompatible since MacOS Catalina dropped 32-bit support in 2019[12]
  • Qadministrator – software to create and manage Qmaster clusters,[29] incompatible since MacOS Catalina dropped 32-bit support in 2019[12]
  • Soundtrack Pro – a musical composition and editing app and part of both Final Cut Studio[26] and Logic Studio,[30] discontinued with the release of Logic Pro 9 and Final Cut Pro X[20]

Chat (text, voice, image, and video)

Current

  • FaceTime – a videoconferencing between Mac, iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch[31][32]
  • iMessage – an instant messaging service between Mac, and other apple devices[33][34][35]
  • Messages - an instant messaging software application for apple devices utilising SMS, MMS, iMessage and RCS[36][37]

Discontinued

  • iChat – an instant messaging and videoconferencing application for Macs,[38] discontinued since OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion in favour of FaceTime and iMessage[39]

Developer tools, frameworks, and IDEs

Current

  • Xcode – IDE made by Apple,[40][41] available for macOS[42]
  • Script Editor
  • Swift Playgrounds – an educational tool and development environment for the Swift programming language[43][44]

Discontinued

  • Apple Media Tool – a multimedia authoring tool and programming environment for the Eiffel-based Apple Media Language (AML) object-oriented programming language[45][46]
  • MacApp – an object oriented application framework for the classic Mac OS
  • Macintosh Programmer's Workshop – a software development environment for the Classic Mac OS operating system,[47][48] discontinued in favour of Project Builder
  • Project Builder (PBX) – an IDE for software development,[49] rebranded for OS X Panther in 2003 and became Xcode[50][51]

Email clients

Current

  • Apple Mail – the bundled email client[52][53]

Discontinued

Layout and desktop publishing

Current

  • Preview (macOS) – basic image and PDF viewer and editor

Discontinued

  • iBooks Author – an interactive book creating software for Apple Books, discontinued in 2020 and integrated its features into Pages[58]

Graphic and photo editors

Current

  • Photos – a bundled image editing and management application[59]
  • Photo Booth – an application for taking and editing photos and videos[60][61]

Discontinued

  • Aperture – an image editing and organising application,[62] discontinued in 2015.[63]
  • iPhoto – a photo editor application,[64] discontinued in 2015.[63] (previously part of the iLife suite)[13]
  • MacDraw – a vector graphic drawing application
  • MacPaint – a raster graphics editor

Integrated software technologies

Current

  • AVFoundation – a multimedia framework[65]
  • Finder – the native file manager for macOS[66][67]
  • Terminal – a command line interface for Macs[68][69]
  • XQuartz – a Mac port of the X11 windowing system (formerly known as X11.app)

Former

  • HyperCard – a software application and development kit for Apple Macintosh and Apple IIGS computers,[70] the last update was in 1998 but was officially discontinued in 2004[71]
  • MacTerminal – Telecommunications and terminal emulation application software program.[72] Ceased development following the 1987 spin-off of Apple's software division into Claris.
  • MacX – A display server implementation of the X11 windowing system for Macs[73] using the A/UX,[74] System 7, and Mac OS 8 and 9 operating systems.[73] Discontinued in 1998 following the transition to Mac OS X which had native support for X11.
  • QuickTime – A multimedia architecture for streaming, encoding and transcoding media.[75][76] It was deprecated in favour of AVFoundation with OS X Lion.[77]

Media

Current

  • iTunes – a media library and player[78][79][80]
  • Music – a media player application[81][82]
  • Apple Podcasts – a podcast streaming application[83]
  • Apple Books – an e-book reading and store application[84] (previously known as iBooks until iOS 12 and macOS Mojave)[85]

Former

  • Front Row (software) - a media center application for navigating and viewing video, photos, podcasts and music from a computer, optical disc or the Internet

Networking and telecommunications

  • Apple Remote Desktop – a remote desktop program[86]

News aggregators

  • Apple News – a news aggregator application[87][88]

Office and productivity

Current

  • FileMaker – a relational database management system[89]
  • Calendar – a bundled calendar app[90] (known as iCal until 2012)[91]
  • Calculator – a basic calculator application[92]
  • Contacts – a computerized address book[93] (known as Address Book prior to Mac OS X Mountain Lion)[94]
  • Dictionary
  • Grapher – a graphing calculator application[95] bundled with macOS since Mac OS X Tiger[96]
  • iWork – suite:[97]
  • Pages – word processor application[97]
  • Numbers – spreadsheet application[97]
  • Keynote – presentation application[97]
  • Notes – a note-taking app[98][99]
  • Pixelmator Pro
  • Reminders – a task management program[100][101]

Discontinued

  • AppleWorks – An office suite containing word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation applications.[102] Discontinued in 2007 and replaced by iWork.[103]
  • Claris Resolve - a spreadsheet computer program,[104] discontinued in 1994 with support ending in 1995[105][106]
  • MacProject- a project management and scheduling business application,[107][108] later sold to Claris and officially discontinued in 1998[109]
  • MacWrite - word processor application,[110] later sold to Claris and officially discontinued in 1998[109]

Operating systems

Current

  • Darwin – the BSD-licensed and XNU-based core of macOS[111]
  • iOS – operating System for iPhones[112][113] (known as iPhoneOS until version 4 in 2010)[113]
  • iPadOS – operating System for iPads[114][115] (called iOS until version 13.1 in 2019)[115]
  • macOS – A Darwin-based Operating system for Macintosh computers.[111][116][117] Originally named "Mac OS X" until 2012[118] and then "OS X" until 2016.[119]
  • tvOS – operating System for Apple TV[120][121] (called Apple TV Software until version 9 in 2015)[122]
  • visionOS – operating System for Apple Vision Pro[123]
  • watchOS – operating System for Apple Watch[124]
  • XNU – a kernel based on Mach that is used as the core of apple operating systems[125][126][127]

Discontinued

  • A/UX – a Unix-based operating system for Macintosh computers,[128][129] discontinued in 1995[130]
  • Apple DOS – a disk operating system (DOS) for Apple II,[131][132] discontinued in 1983 and succeeded by ProDOS[133]
  • Apple GS/OS – an operating system for Apple IIGS,[134] it was a core component of System Software (now Classic MacOS) from System 4.0 through System 6.0.1[135][136][137]
  • Apple Pascal – An operating system based on UCSD Pascal created for Apple's implementation of the Pascal programming language.[138] The final update for it was in 1983 with version 1.1.[139]
  • Apple ProDOS – A disk operating system for Apple IIs,[140] with 8-bit and 16-bit versions.[141] Discontinued in 1993, with the 16-bit version succeeded by GS/OS.
  • Apple SOS – a disk operating system for Apple III[141][142] (discontinued after version 1.3 in 1982)[143]
  • Classic Mac OS – a series of operating systems developed for Macintosh computers, discontinued in 2001 and replaced with OS X
  • System 1 (discontinued in 1984)[144]
  • System 2, 3 & 4 (discontinued in 1985, 1988, and 1987 respectively)
  • System 5 (final release in 1987, succeeded by System 6 in 1988)[145]
  • System 6 (succeeded by System 7 in 1991,[146] and discontinued in 1992)[147]
  • System 7 (became Mac OS after version 7.6, discontinued in 1997)[148]
  • Mac OS 8 (discontinued in 1999)[10]
  • Mac OS 9 (discontinued in 2001)[149][150]
  • Lisa OS – An operating system based on Apple SOS developed 3 years prior.[151] It was discontinued in 1986 alongside the Lisa line of computers,[152] with System Software being partially based on it.[153]
  • macOS Server – the server computing variant of macOS
  • MkLinux – an open-source Linux-based software computer operating system,[154][155] support dropped by Apple in 2002[156][157]
  • Newton OS – a mobile operating system for the Apple Newton, discontinued in 1997[158]

Text editors

  • TextEdit – text editor and word processor[159][160]

Utilities

Current

  • Activity Monitor – native system monitor for hardware and software with task manager functionality[161]
  • Automator – built-in, utility to automate repetitive tasks[162][163]
  • Files
  • Stickies – put Post-It Note-like notes on the desktop[164]

Discontinued

  • Dashboard – Built-in macOS widgets,[165] removed in macOS Catalina.[166] With macOS Sonoma in 2023, widgets were reintroduced through the Notification Center.[167]
  • Grab – built-in macOS screenshot utility, replaced with another tool in macOS Mojave[168]
  • iSync – syncing software, bundled with Mac OS X up to version 10.6
  • Sherlock – File searching (version 2),[169][170] web services (version 3).[171] Discontinued with the introduction of Mac OS X Leopard.[172]

Support for non-Macintosh software

  • Boot Camp – A multi-boot utility built into macOS from 10.5[173] Support dropped in transition from intel macs to Apple silicon.[174][175]

Support for non-Macintosh software

  • Boot Camp – A multi-boot utility built into macOS from 10.5[173] Support dropped in transition from intel macs to Apple silicon.[174][175]

Video

Current

  • Apple TV app – a media player software program[176][177]
  • DVD Player – DVD player software built into macOS[178]
  • Final Cut Pro – video-editing software[179][180] (formerly part of Final Cut Studio)[22]
  • Final Cut Camera - pro video recording app[181]
  • iMovie – basic video editing application[10] (previously part of iLife suite)[13]
  • QuickTime Player

Discontinued

  • Clips
  • Final Cut Express – A video editing suite,[182] a prosumer version of Final Cut Pro.[183] Discontinued in 2011 in favour of Final Cut Pro X.[183]
  • Final Cut Studio – audio-video editing suite:
  • Cinema Tools
  • Compressor
  • LiveType
  • Motion 2
  • QuickTime Pro – Video editor and encoder.[184] Support was dropped in 2018 when 32-bit support was dropped.[185][186]

Stores

Others

  • Apple Intelligence – an artificial intelligence suite integrated into Siri in iOS 18[190][191] and macOS 15 Sequoia (Apple Silicon Macs only)[192]
  • Classroom
  • Clock
  • Safari – a graphical web browser[193][194] based on WebKit[195]
  • Find My – an asset tracking app and service utilising Bluetooth and UWB[196][197][198]
  • Font Book – a font manager[199][200]
  • Health
  • Launchpad – an application launcher[201][202]
  • Apple Maps – a web mapping app and service[203][204]
  • Shortcuts
  • Siri – a virtual assistant[205][206]
  • Translate
  • Weather

Discontinued

  • AppleLink/eWorld – Client software to access Apple's online service for its dealers, third-party developers, and users. The service was discontinued in 1997.[207][208]
  • iWeb – a HTML editor for creating websites and blogs,[209] discontinued in 2012 alongside MobileMe[210] (previously part of the iLife suite)[13]

Software for non-Apple operating systems

Current

  • Apple Music (Windows)
  • Apple Maps (Web)
  • iTunes (Windows)
  • Apple Devices – a Microsoft Windows app for managing Apple devices[211]
  • Apple TV (Windows)
  • iCloud (Windows, Online)
  • Photos (Windows, Online)
  • Find My (Online)

Discontinued

  • Safari (Windows)

See also

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